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        <div class="section"><h2>Maven Minify Plugin</h2>
<p>This plugin combines and minimizes JavaScript and CSS files using <a href="http://www.julienlecomte.net/yuicompressor/" class="externalLink">YUI Compressor</a> for faster page loading.</p>
<div class="section"><h3>Goals Overview</h3>
<ul><li><a href="minify-mojo.html">minify:minify</a> combine and minimize JavaScript and CSS files.</li>
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<div class="section"><h3>Usage</h3>
<p>General instructions on how to use the Maven Minify Plugin can be found on the <a href="usage.html">usage page</a>. Some more specific use cases are described in the examples given below.</p>
<p>If you feel like the plugin is missing a feature or has a defect, you can fill a feature request or bug report in our <a href="issue-tracking.html">issue tracker</a>. When creating a new issue, please provide a comprehensive description of your concern. Especially for fixing bugs it is crucial that the developers can reproduce your problem. For this reason, entire debug logs, POMs or most preferably little demo projects attached to the issue are very much appreciated. Of course, patches are welcome, too. Contributors can check out the project from our <a href="source-repository.html">source repository</a> and will find supplementary information in the <a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-helping.html" class="externalLink">guide to helping with Maven</a>.</p>
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<div class="section"><h3>Examples</h3>
<p>To provide you with better understanding of some usages of the Maven Minify Plugin, you can take a look into the following examples:</p>
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<li><a href="examples/binding.html">Binding to a Phase in the Project Build Cycle</a></li>
<li><a href="examples/exclude.html">Exclude source files from the WAR package</a></li>
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